Pizza topping combinations and ideas

Recipe for foolproof pizza dough

Recipe for foolproof pizza dough

Here’s my tried-and-true recipe for foolproof pizza dough. It’s fast, easy, and quite delicious. Bookmark this page for perfect pizza every time.

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Pear, arugula, and gorgonzola pizza

Pear, arugula, and gorgonzola pizza

My friend Bridget suggested this pizza combo to me after a meal she had at Santa Cruz's Tramonti in Seabright. It was an all-white pizza featuring pears and blue cheese; she thought some arugula would add some zing and make it sing. She was right. The base of this is...

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Barbecued chicken and gouda pizza

Barbecued chicken and gouda pizza

Tangy barbecue sauce, rich gouda, crunchy tart red onion, and savory chicken . . . one of my favorite combos for Friday pizza night. For any pizza night, really. Here is the lightly topped thin crust in the pizza oven: And the finished pie ready to slice: Delicious!...

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Friday night pizza night

Friday night pizza night

I've gotten into the habit of saving pizza nights for guests, because once I cure the pizza oven, make the dough, make the sauce, mince the vegetables, and precook whatever chicken or sausage I may feel like, it just seems like a lot of work when there aren't many...

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Homemade provel cheese

Homemade provel cheese

Recipe for homemade provel cheese, a blend of cheddar, Swiss, and provolone that give every pizza a velvety taste of St. Louis

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A good gluten-free pizza dough

I had a pizza night planned for Saturday with new guests - work colleagues - and almost too late learned one of our guests needed a gluten-free menu. Instead of rethinking dinner, I decided to give gluten-free pizza a go and tried Pamela's Gluten-Free Bread Mix mix -...

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Little Italy’s Davanti Enotica – nouveau Italian

Little Italy’s Davanti Enotica – nouveau Italian

davanti - in front of enoteca - wine bar -  from the glossary on Davanti Enoteca's menu The Italian restaurants in the St. Louis of my memory are the Cicero's, the Rossino's, and the Talayna's;  a vowel-laden litany of boisterous, dimly-lit, wooden-walled, linoleum...

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Grilled pizza how-to

Grilled pizza how-to

Jack Prelutsky’s pizza poem made me hungry! Since I’m thinking about pizza I thought I should let you in on the secrets of one thing I do really, really well – handmade barbecued pizza.

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A Pizza the Size of the Sun

A Pizza the Size of the Sun

A chocolate-marshmallow-toffee dessert pizza inspired by Jack Prelutsky’s poem “A Pizza the Size of the Sun.” A post in honor of National Poetry Month.

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